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Google IM tomorrow: more definite
Posted by NetRyder on the 23rd August 2005 at 6:46pm 12 comments

The rumors are solidifying, and the L.A. Times this morning is running a piece that states categorically (citing unnamed sources) that Google will launch an instant message service, possibly as early as tomorrow (which John Markoff of the NY Times hinted at). The L.A. Times piece asserts that Google’s chat service will have a voice element, similar to Skype. A pure VoIP product? I imagine Google will incorporate some information retrieval angle to the interface, and that whatever IM/chat/VoIP product is brewing won’t be completely unrelated to search or "organizing the world's knowledge." Between Google Desktop 2 and this thing, Google is making this an unusually interesting August.


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Comment posted by zeke_mo at 7:08pm on the 23rd August 2005   
:gasp:
 
Comment posted by matt_3 at 7:09pm on the 23rd August 2005   
Google is trying to take over everything, and the fanboys happily support them. Smilie
 

Reply posted by zeke_mo at 7:12pm on the 23rd August 2005  
:gasp:
 

Reply posted by NetRyder at 7:38pm on the 23rd August 2005  
I don't get this whole "trying to take over everything" concept. It's not like any company forces you to use their products.
 

Reply posted by zeke_mo at 7:57pm on the 23rd August 2005  
Its all the same people that think everything is a conspiracy Smilie
 

Comment posted by SPeedY_B at 7:55pm on the 23rd August 2005   
OSNN Link
 
Comment posted by zeke_mo at 7:58pm on the 23rd August 2005   
rofl, ok Im done Smilie
 
Comment posted by Kr0m at 9:34pm on the 23rd August 2005   
I wonder how long it'll be before someone makes a hack to block the ads in their IM.
 
Comment posted by Xie at 9:49pm on the 23rd August 2005   
I wonder what sources the L.A. Times used? This summary sounds almost the same as /. and every place else since the rumor began ages ago. I guess it will be interesting to see if this does materialize tomorrow or not.
 

Reply posted by NetRyder at 9:51pm on the 23rd August 2005  
People on Neowin are reporting that they can actually connect to talk.google.com using a Jabber client and their Google account.
 

Comment posted by VenomXt at 10:02pm on the 23rd August 2005   
yah say thas on neowin yesterday. could be intresting
 
Comment posted by Bryan Price at 12:05am on the 24th August 2005   
Well, let's see. I install the latest Google Desktop, and it proceeds to stop loading AIM, YSN and MSN. Yeah, I bet they are ready to roll out an IM client.
 

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